éviter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- eschew verb To deliberately avoid or keep away from something, usually on moral or practical grounds.
- forbear verb To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- help verb To provide assistance to someone or something.
- obviate verb To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
- save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
- shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
Senses
éviter is used for these senses in English:
- avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
- dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- escape (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
- forbear (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- help (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
- obviate (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
- save (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
avoid — full definition
- verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
- verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.
dodge — full definition
- verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
- noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.